So Mr. Posh gets the 21st or 22nd or something MLS franchise, and Miami gets its first big-league soccer team since the late, unlamented Fusion, and … it feels like there’s something we’re leaving out. What’s this site about again, anyway? Oh, right:

MLS sources have previously said neither Sun Life Stadium nor FIU’s football stadium are ideal venues for a Miami-based MLS team. Instead, the league would likely want a soccer-specific stadium if at all possible…

If Miami wants to build a top-notch facility, using Orlando as a base, the cost will be well over $100 million.

This isn’t actually an immediate crisis, as MLS commissioner Don Garber has previously indicated that new soccer-only stadiums aren’t an absolute must. (Unless you’re D.C. United, in which case eeeagh crisis!) Still, Sun Life Stadium isn’t Fake Yankee Stadium or Atlanta’s new Sphincterdome, so even if Beckham gets a team before lining up a stadium deal, it’s bound to be item #2 on his to-do list.

So, what would it take to get a new soccer stadium in Miami? $100 million, obviously, which while a lot less than what the Marlins demanded for their stadium, still has the disadvantage of coming on the heels of the Marlins effectively salting the earth for stadium campaigns, to the point where Dolphins owner Stephen Ross couldn’t even get a legislative vote on their request for $127 million in public money to renovate Sun Life Stadium. So while cobbling together city and county funds a la Orlando City S.C. is a possibility, it’s likely to be a good bit tougher than it was across the state.

4 comments on “Beckham to seek Miami MLS team, mum on stadium plans”

Your right Beckham won’t spend his money, but there are rich people out there willing to, just to hang around Becks. Also the mayor of Miami at the time the Marlins were screwing the city also had a 50mil offer on the table for a stadium, if MLS granted a team, but no owners committed in time to secure the 50mil. Believe the Marlins figured out a way to grab it.